Yes, Villanova does what Villanova wants to do; a tortoise without a care about setting a quick pace.

It's been that way for just about every game in Harry Perretta's 35 seasons. And it will be that way until he calls it quits.

"It played out the way we expected," freshman Breanna Stewart said.

Until evidence contrary is presented, UConn will always know the deal. It stayed cool Tuesday, let Wildcats do their dribble, dribble best before firing them up. And they crushed them 76-43 at the XL Center.

"It's the same formula all of the time," Geno Auriemma said. "You need to maximize your offensive possessions because if you do, if you put points on the board and pressure on their guys to make shots, that's your best chance of beating them."

"We're playing great," said Mosqueda-Lewis. "We are playing with great rhythm and with a sense of what we are trying to accomplish on defense. We are being aggressive and doing our best to understand the concepts [of defense] we are being taught and taking them into games."

Coming into Tuesday's game, the Wildcats led the Big East in three-point attempts (470). Not only did that represent 44.6 percent of all their shots, it was more than twice as many as five other teams in the conference.

They were also last in free throw attempts (207). And that was about half as many taken by Notre Dame and Georgetown.

The Huskies simply waited for Villanova to launch the three-pointers and then crashed the boards for the caroms. Villanova was 7 of 28 from three and was outrebounded 48-28.

Amazingly, Villanova defeated DePaul by 16 points on Jan. 9 despite making only 3 of 25 threes. That night, they pounded the boards for 20 offensive rebounds and scored over 40 points in the paint.

Not this time. Not even close.

Four of Villanova's first eight shots were threes. None went into the basket. Still they managed to stay close at 7-4 and later 17-10 with just over 13 minutes to play in the first half.